Just got to work and.. uh.. do we have a ghost or is the paper towel dispenser just broken?? 😂

I have zero desire to be up and moving today. I hate that I have guilt about calling out of work because I know how much it sucks for the rest of us when someone does that. (Very small understaffed vet hospital.) I could really use a mental health day.

Very excited! I preordered the Cabinet of Curiosities book for one of my favorite podcasts and it arrived today! If you haven't listened to that or Lore, give them both a listen. Aaron Mahnke's voice just soothes me while he tells me about fun things.

Everyone has someone in their life that would rather complain about something than thank you for doing it for them. That's my mother. I put a motion light on the house for when she pulls in the driveway at night and it works 1/2 of the time. She will complain every time it doesn't go on. Well, I'm sorry. Go buy yourself a more expensive one and have at it. 🤷‍♀️ It's so frustrating.

We lost a patient under anesthesia today (dog) and it took a toll on all of us. Poor little Tootsie. Such a sweet little old girl. Her pre-anesthetic bloodwork didn't show anything weird. My boss has been beating herself up all day. Sometimes this stuff just happens, but it still sucks.

I had a super bizarre dream where my mother went to order something gluten free for my upcoming birthday which wasn't even happening for 2 weeks and expected that item to still be edible at that point. She ordered it from my cousin's ex, who doesn't even bake. The rest of the dream is me trying to plan my own party and telling people what she's done. It was a weird dream. FYI.. my birthday isnt even anywhere near now. It's in April.

o.O

Making an album from the screenshots of my virtual Transylvania Conqueror Challenge as if I was really there. Why not?

@EllyOnTheGo It used to drive my dad crazy. He would be like "stop picking all the Bon Jovi songs! You're gonna make everyone else mad!" 😂 Nope, we're going to listen to 5 more of them.

@amarand The smell alone from this one place woke me right up after work. 😂 I can't even describe it, but it just smells different than all other pizza I've ever had.

I thought of something tonight while walking into my favorite local pizza restaurant. Is there a food smell that just rips you out of whatever you're doing and throws you into happy memories? The smell of the pizza from this particular place does that for me. I've been going there since I was a kid and have so many memories of family dinners spent in a booth in there, dropping quarters into their jukebox and picking all the BonJovi songs. 😂

Since losing my dad, every time a dad dies in a TV show or movie, even if I know it's coming, I still fall apart in a blubbery mess.

@Anouk I love their names. Food names for pets always amuses me. Nimoy is keeping me sane too.

Well, I had a feeling I was going to wake up to a nightmare.

Yay! My Conqueror Challenge medal for Transylvania came! It's so intricate! I love it.

Deed done.

I was so excited that the straw lid I ordered for my new coffee tumbler came before I had to leave for work.. but Hydroflask sent me the wrong size. *Sigh* Welp.. glad to see things still aren't going right for me.

If that apple cider donut I had a little while ago is what's making my stomach hurt, I'm gonna be really upset.

@Ruthat A party on a Sunday night? Oh I would never. 😂

All I wanted to do today was trim the vines out of a couple bushes between my yard and my neighbors and I can't find my garden shears. Nothing really going right for me this whole weekend.

@LnzyHou I still have my original pair of UGG boots from when they first became a big deal. So they're OLD. I've refreshed them with a new UGG fleece innersole and they're still going strong. Definitely worth the money for a quality warm product when my toes are freezing here in CT.